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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though we have not meet before but I strongly believe one have to risk confiding in someone to succeed from my present situation and for the best of my future.

I am 19 years old the only child of my late parent Mr.Mrs Jude Ike Native of Monrovia, Republic of Liberia.Due to the series of continious war in our country for multiple years ago, there is this huge amount of eight million, three hundred thousand U.S dollars($8.300,000.00) which my late father kept in a STOREGE HOUSE here in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire before he was assasinated by some unknown enemies.

Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.

i urge that you help me to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings below:

1). Telecommunication2). Automobile manufacturing3). Five star hotel

4). Or any profitable business that moves in your country

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your daughter?

2. Can I completely trust you?

If you can be of an honest and sincere assistance to me, i will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund for your kind and humane assistance.

My name is Faith Daniel. I am a citizen of Kenya,I lost my father recently in the war crisis (political problems) that turned my country into shambles,He was a king, which our town citizens titled him over sixteen years before his death. based on this am trusting you to help me develop my future as the only surviving child of late Alhaji David daniel who is a miner and a big farmer in my country before his death on his arrival at the airport from Paris. The rebels short him of which he died after 2days in the hospital.

After his death my uncle had decided to take all our landed properties including fiscal cash and other house properties, but before my father died, he told me that he made some deposit of USD$4.9million United States dollars as he was hoping to use the money in purchasing mining equipment through his partners in Europe .This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell petroleum development company (SPDC) and chevron oil company operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and community development in our jurisdiction.

But I had tried to search if I can get in touch with any of his Europe partner, but could not get through. this is my aim of contacting you to help me receive the money from the security firm in Senegal, as my fathers partner because I have tried to consult the firm over the claim, but they told me that my father intend to transfer the box to his partner in Abroad. This is why I had contacted you to help me out of this. I am only 24years and do not have any idea on this matter.I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere in abroad, so that my father's kindred will not take over what belongs to my father and our family, which they were planning to do without my present because I am a female as stated by our culture in the town.

Please I need your assistance to talk with the safe security firm in Senegal . So that they can move the box to your country while I come over to your country to continue my education, I will give you the contact so that you can apply for the claim immediately for the retrieval because the security firm does not know that the true content of the box is money.Now,i urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the financial house to your country, That is why I felt happy when I saw you because I strongly believe that by the grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely. I am ready to pay40% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction and another 20% interest of Annual After Income to you, for handling this transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over.

If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in lifting this fund, kindly reach me with this email. Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as quick as possible with you, Please this is my email reply me so i can give you the fill details of this transaction.

Hope to hear from you soon.Yours sincerely,Faith Daniel

Next Faith wrote:

Thank you for your efort to help me in this my darkest moment, please i do hope you will not betray the trust i have in you, I confidently know that i can trust you, Secondly i want to relocate to your and start a good business venture that will be profitable to us, as well finish my studies.

Now due to my political situation, I cannot make this claims by myself that is why i decided to make this contact with you for you to stand on my behalf to the bank and ask them the possibility of transferring this fund into your position in your country.

I have the statement of account and the dearth certificate of my late father for your prove, Everything concerning this transaction is clear. Listen very well, All that i have told you concerning my present situation is the real life am passing through right now, All i need you to do for me is to contact the bank on my behalf as my foreign Representative, And find out the possibility of transferring this fund into your position in your country, you are the only one that knows about this matter, And i Believing that i am safe in your hand, No body knows what i have and where i am, Please i am asking you for my safety and security keep it very secret and private OK,

I know that God will see us through. Once the fund hit your country, You will now send me money to process my travelling document, as you know now, I have nothing with me for now and you can reach me always on phone through the office line of the Rev pastor, you can call any time from 11am to 5pm london time because my pastor told me that it is the same time with Senegal.

I will like you to contact the European bank where the money was deposited by my late father for confirmation and possibilities of transferring the money into your account.The contact information of the bank is as follows below,Bank name : HERITABLE BANK LTD UNITED KINGDOMThe name of the transfer officer is: Dr Mark Sismey DurrantEmail address: heritablebankl@aol.comEmail address: heritablebank@aol.co.ukTelephone number: +44 7031879960Fax : 00448704716865I will like you to contact this bank immediately on how to transfer the $ 4.9 million dollars deposited by my late father Dr.Shery Daniel of which am the next of kin.I have mapped out 40% of the total sum for your assistance and 20% for any expenses .Moreover, i will need your assistance to manage the money in any investment of your choice on my behalf since am too young to handle such money. My problem is that i want to come out from this place and go back to my studies because i want to finish my education over their in your country. thank you so much and may God bless you for me i will wait to hear from you,Miss Faith.PLEASE COPY THIS NOTE BELOW AND SEND IT TO THE BANKDear :Dr Mark Sismey Durrant,It is a great pleasure to write you Sir in regards to the information pass across to me by one Miss Faith Daniel whose father’s name is late Dr. Shery Daniel and that the father has an account no 026834093 in your Bank. Miss Faith Daniel in several occasion has communicated with me over E-Mail to assist her receive a funds valued at $4.9 million dollars which her late father deposited with your Bank. I do here by demand that according to advise of Miss Faith Daniel that this bank should grant our request by transferring the said funds into my account in my country, I will appreciate if my request is urgently granted.Thanks

Then Faith Wrote:

How are you today I hope all is well with you and l have been very happy since you came into my life and l know that my dream must surely come true My darling l have read the letter the bank sent to you and the bank need a lawyer from Senegal here So I will go and look for a good lawyer here in Senegal now and l will gave you the contact information of the lawyer here in Senegal so that you will contact him through email or telephone so that the lawyer will help us to get the Documents ready and also stand for us So that the bank will transfer the money to your account as soon as possible l will advice you as soon as the money transfered to your account you can come to SENEGAL to pick me. Please you know all my hope is on you now l don't have anybody to stay with that is why am hurry to come to your country and also to have a better life with you my life here is like somebody that stay in the prison No freedom No good food even good water infact my life here is so difficult for me to face as a woman of my age please darling help me out am in deep pain l will send you the lawyer information as soon as I comes back I thank you so much for your love and effort towards me and also to see this transaction went successful l really appreciate it may the almighty God bless youWaiting to hear from you soonextYours Sincere Faith

Faith followed up this email with another one:

Hello dear,Thanks for your ability to help me transfer the money to your position pending my arrival to meet with you, it shows you are a dependable and trustworthy person,dear I have never tell any body about this money the only people that knows about it is you and me no one again knows about it ( since my parent's are dead ) I will advise you to please keep it to yourself because I am afraid of loosing the money to people who will disappoint me and I promise you this from my heart ( I AM NOT GOING TO DISAPPOINT YOU ) and I equally expect the same from you. Now regarding the requests the bank needs from us I have contact a lawyer here and he agrees to help us, He is a registered lawyer in the United Nations and he is also a registered member in (Senegalese Bar Association) he will help in preparing the documents for us. Please I will like you to contact him through email or phone today and when your contacting him, tell him that you are my foreign partner and you want him to prepare a power of attorney and also get the affidavit of support from high court here in Dakar-Senegal and that he will do it in your name to enable the transfer of my (Late) father's ACCOUNT, to your account in Your country.

My Dear I will like you to contact him for the preparation of the power of attorney Please try and contact me when you are in-contact with him.Yours Favor .

N.B. Dear please copy this letter below and send to the lawyer..........

Attn/Sir,My Name is Mr.........., a foreign partner to the young lady Miss Faith Amudu, who has already contacted you concerning the documents.Therefore, HERITABLE BANK OF LONDON has urged the Foreign partner and Miss Faith Amudu daughter of (Late) Dr Amudu Daniel, to contact a recognized Senegalese lawyer for the preparation of the Power of Attorney and Affidavit of Oath from High Court here in Dakar-Senegal. This is to enable the transfer of her (Late) Father's Account to my Account, in my Country.However, am foreign partner solemnly solicit for your assistance so that the Document(s) can lawfully be prepared in my name. Looking forward to favorable acceptance and my tel phone number is +..... .................reply soon.Thanks for your co-operations.Yours Faithfully,Mr....